every time i go back to boston i'm surprised at how un-nostalgic i get. maybe it's because the campus has changed so much, or that most of the people i know are gone ... but still.
three, 3-hour poomsae sessions later ... my butt is definitely not the same. i'm not sure what it is, and what i'm compensating for (probably my hips not being open) but i was way more sore and exhausted from all the poomsae than i ever was from sparring workouts. maybe because it's less cardiovascular and all muscle - particularly muscles i apparently didn't have. but it was great to practice hard, collaborate, and have all these eyes to watch and have high caliber workouts. i finally feel like we're moving away from basic errors like stances and techniques, and can get to the presentation side.
the main takeaways from this weekend, at least for me to try and fix before worlds:
-don't look down. i don't know where i got this habit of looking down, especially when i kick. perhaps it's from all the stance-fixing and having to constantly check my toes and knees so that they're pointed in the right direction...or maybe it's compensating for not being able to get my legs up so i'd hunch my upper body. but i realized (when people constantly pointed it out) that i do it ALL THE TIME. no good.
-relax my shoulders. apparently tension is a huge problem for me (shocking, i know) - i'm not sure how to generate power (when power is my strongest quality) without tensing my shoulders. though perhaps that's exactly the problem - i'm generating it from all the wrong places.
-turn from the hips. this whole delayed hip snap turn thing is so hard, but i must admit it's that 'je ne sais quoi' that i realize all the top athletes have. even in the US, most people don't do this, or certainly don't do it well - internationally it's much more prevalent. in any event, my messed up hip is going to have to work on this one to look like my teammates.
i think most of the other points fall under one of these categories, so in the interest of simplifying, i'm going to try and focus on these for the next 3 weeks. hard to believe we're leaving for russia so soon!
on an unrelated note, i got hooked on star wars this weekend while watching empire strikes back. i've never actually watched all of the trilogy without falling asleep before, so actually getting engrossed in the plot was fun. except now i want to watch all of them.
having a weekend away from my computer was particularly nice (for alan) bc it meant wedding stuff was on hold. haha. still trying to hunt down the 30-40 delinquent responders - hitting this head count was harder than i'd anticipated. including the fact that we already have backer-outers, which is totally not appreciated.
and now, the new ruler of the household:
yes, my mom took a picture after giving the dog a bath, perched all clean and pretty on the couch. seriously, everyone with mom difficulties should just get a puppy and watch all the tension melt away ...
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